The violence that has followed the disputed election in Kenya has highlighted the links between politics and ethnicity. Tribal ties do not automatically affect the way people vote - but many people do vote along tribal lines out of loyalty and respect for extended family and links to social groups.
Haru Mutasa reports from the opposition stronghold...
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Al Jazeera's Haru Mutasa reports on how soaring inflation and erratic power supplies are hampering Zimbabwe's economy.
Al Jazeera's Haru Mutasa reports about the forgotten victims of the Zimbabwean economic crisis. They are penniless, but the irony is that some of them had good jobs. The money they diligently put away for retirement is gone, eaten away by the country's soaring inflation levels.
Zimbabwe is just hours away from an election, where the winner is already known, and it's an election that's been branded a sham. There is only one candidate - President Robert Mugabe will have his 28-year reign extended and he says he is sticking to the vote, because that is the law of his country. Addressing his supporters he said he was open to ...
Al Jazeera's Haru Mutasa visits Nairobi's Kibera slum where residents had begun to venture out after days of violent clashes
Chad's government has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew across the country and says it's hunting for coup plotters in the capital.
Neighbouring Sudan is now reportedly trying to mediate a truce betwen the government and rebel forces.
Hundreds of people were killed or injured during fighting in Ndjamena but the battle hasn't only affected the capita...
Four days after a supposedly historic power-sharing deal was signed, Zimbabwe is still without a new government.
President Robert Mugabe and prime minister designate Morgan Tsvangirai are deadlocked over who should take control of the key ministries, but in the countryside there is another issue dominating people's lives - hunger. From Masvingo pro...
Human rights groups have warned that some chilren in Nigeria have been branded as witches or evil spirits and are at risk of abuse, or may even be killed, as a result.
Al Jazeera's Haru Mutasa reports from Akwa Ibom, in southern Nigeria on some of the children who have been cast out by their families.
Zimbabwe's president has told his countrymen that he will never let the oppostion rule the country.
Speaking at a rally, Mugabe said he was prepared to "go to war" to prevent the MDC from taking power.
Al Jazeera's Haru Mutasa reports from Harare, the Zimbabwean capital.
Football is seen by many as almost a second religion in Africa. Prayers are already being held for Ghana's team. The country's hosting this year's African Nation's Cup, which kicks off on Sunday.
Haru Mutasa has been to Accra, to find out how passionately people feel about the sport.
Zimbabwe's economy has long been a contentious issue, with annual inflation running at 100,000 per cent, the highest in the world.
The government has tried to increase output by giving farmers free tractors, but critics say the machinery amounts to a bribe ahead of elections.
Al Jazeera's Haru Mutasa went to Matebeleland to hear about one farmer'...
Despite Nigeria's massive oil wealth thousands of homeless children live on the streets of the capital Lagos. Many take marijuana to stave off hunger and to help them fall asleep.
Haru Mutasa reports.
The ongoing political situation in Zimbabwe has forced white farmers to leave the country and take advantage of the opportunities available in Nigeria.
The Nigerian government has asked Zimbabwe's farmers to help boost commercial farming in Nigeria.
Zimbabweans are teaching their skills to the local community, because, one farmer argued, he would...
Fighting between rebels and government forces in Chad's capital Ndjamena has left the streets littered with bodies, though no official death toll has been released.
Al Jazeera's Haru Mutasa reports from Ndjamena, where the army says it is firmly back in control after days of conflict.
More and more Zimbabweans are leaving home in search of work and refuge and many of them are heading to Johannesburg, also known as the City of Gold. But, as Haru Mutasa, Al Jazeera's Africa correspondent, reports, despite being Africa's largest economy, South Africa offers no guarantees of a better life.
Despite their country's severe economic problems, many voters in Zimbabawe chose not to go to the polls on Saturday.
Among them were thousands of people displaced during President Robert Mugabe's so-called "clean-up" operation in 2005. The project moved an estimated 300,000 people from slums.
But as Haru Mutasa reports, many are still waiting for...
South Africa take on defending champions England in the next few hours, in the final of the Rugby World Cup.
South Africa are favourites to win the game - and secure their second world title.
Much has changed in the twelve years since the Springboks last lifted the trophy.
Haru Mutasa reports from Soweto.
Red Crescent officials in Chad say hundreds of civilians have been shot and killed in the fighting between rebel and government forces as about 2,000 people have fled to neighbouring Cameroon.
But soldiers are now turning back those still trying to cross two bridges which have been the main escape route.
And in the last hour France's defence mini...
Al Jazeera's Haru Mutasa reports from Harare on the dire conditions on Zimbabwe's railways. People endure 14 hours of 'travel hell' in cramped, unhygienic, unsafe and uncomfortable conditions - because it is cheap and therefore affordable.
Thirteen years after South Africa's ANC-led government came to power, promising new homes for millions of the country's poor, South Africa still faces a housing crisis. Haru Mutasa, Al Jazeera's Africa correspondent, reports from the Eastern Cape, where the housing shortage is at its most acute.
The 26th African Cup of Nations Football Championship kicks off in Ghana on Sunday.
As well as attracting the continent's top players, the tournament will also draw hundreds of international scouts , seeking fresh talent for the big clubs in Europe.
For many young African boys, that represents a dream ticket out of poverty for them and their fa...
AIDS related deaths are the leading killer of children under five years old in Zimbabwe. The HIV-Aids virus is the main reason why 1.6 million Zimbabwean children are orphaned - on a par with the number of children orphaned in Rwanda after the 1994 genocide. Children with no parents in Zimbabwe face little or no hope for their future. Haru Mutasa r...
Zimbabwe is home to some 1.6 million orphans, the highest number in the world, and ninety per cent of them are children whose parents have died from Aids.
Al Jazeera's Haru Mutasa has one family's story.
Two years ago, Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe, ordered the destruction of the city's shantytowns. The people who lived in those communities were dumped around the outskirts of Harare. Since then they have re-built a basic existence. Al Jazeera's Haru Mutasa reports.
Hundreds of civilians have been caught in the middle of fighting in Chad's capital, Ndjamena.
Al Jazeera's Haru Mutasa gives an exclusive report from inside one of the city's hotels, where many are sheltering from the fighting outside.
Freedom of speech is not generally encouraged in Zimbabwe, and President Robert Mugabe is clamping down on citizens who are too outspoken.
Hundreds of musicians, traditionally vocal about politics, have fled Zimbabwe, which as a result hasn't produced a well-known artist in over a decade.
Haru Mutasa discovers why the few musicians still brave...
As South Africa watches the trial of an apartheid-era minister, Al Jazeera's Haru Mutasa visits a family whose memories form the period are still painful.
United Nations food agencies have estimated that more than one third of Zimbabwe's population face starvation but the government denies these claims. Al Jazeera's Haru Mutasa reports on the growing crisis.
A flood of a cheap drug called Tik onto the South African market has left drugworkers with what they say is their biggest challenge yet. Users of the crystal meth based drug have lost their homes, their families, some turn to crime or end up in a mental asylum, but in the worst case, as Haru Mutasa reports they end up dead.
